Wanderlust Crossroads

At the moment I feel like my life is at a crossroads and I have some decisions to make, so I thought that I would makes this weeks Wednesday Wanderlust about the crossroads that we encounter while travelling. Not so much the crucial decision making but rather the more literal intersection of borders/ countries/ roads.

I have been to the Golden Triangle, the point where Thailand, Laos and Myanmar (Burma) intersect while on the way to do a Visa border crossing. It is nothing much more than a tourist trap now but has a long history surrounding the Opium trade.

I have also seen the quadruple whammy with Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe all converging on the Chobe River. This was perhaps one of the most spectacular sunsets I have ever seen, complete with frolicking hippos.

I have stood on top of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris where 12 streets radiate from, possibly the craziest traffic intersection in the world. I’m glad there is a pedestrian underpass.

Perhaps you have been at ‘the’ crossroads in America where Route 61 and 49 intersect in the Mississippi and Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil to master the Blues. Or maybe you have done the Shibuya crossing in Tokyo, or driven over the spaghetti roads in Los Angeles? Have you stood on the corner of 4 states at once? Have you stood on the earth’s equator?

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This is an interesting question and a great idea for a post. I have been to Istanbul in Turkey and cruised down the Bosphorous Strait where they say East meets West: Europe on one side and Asia on the other. I have stood at the point where three Australian states meet; NSW, Victoria and South Australia. And yes I have stood on top of Arc de Triomphe in Paris where 12 streets radiate from. I’ll have to think if there are any more!

That sunset with hippos…how amazing! You have me thinking about crossroads now, I have also been to Arc de Triomphe but I am trying to think of other crossroads, I will thinking about this the rest of the day now!

I’ve stood on many country crossroads over the uears but the most memorable is on the bridge over the Zambezi River between Zimbabwe and Zambia. Just a tin shed on a bridge spanning this powerful river as it flows on from Victoria Falls.

I have been on the Golden Triangle area too and actually crossed to Myanmar for a day. Recently, we crossed to France from Spain for a day. When we were in Spain (where we can speak the language), we weren’t asked a lot of questions by strangers. Once we crossed to France, everybody decided to start a conversation and we were more than lost. I guess that is an irony of living / traveling across crossroads.